Is your new home a former Meth lab?

One huge selling point for local properties is the quality of the local school district. But unfortunately for real estate agents in the high-desired districts – such as Scarsdale, Rye or Chappaqua – they’re legally barred from telling their clients about it.

On the other end of that spectrum are all the downsides to a property, like if it has a sordid history.

This special report from USA Today looks at the disclosure issue, featuring a disgruntled buyer in Florida who bought a home that was once used to manufacture drugs.

Andrew Klappholz covers Real Estate for The Journal News. He originally joined the Gannett company in 1998 as a reporter with The Asbury Park Press in New Jersey. Since then, he's held a variety of writing and editing positions, including a stint as editor of The Item weekly paper. An avid fan of sports (In this order: Mets, NY Giants and Indiana Hoosier basketball) and music (Springsteen), Andrew also works as a communications consultant for TheLadders.com.